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Beyond the Dropped Ceiling: 10 Interior Projects for Making Services and Conduits Part of the Architecture

Jonathan Yeung — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 07:30:00 +0000

In contemporary interior architecture, service provisions—mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing—are almost always treated as elements to be concealed. Thickened wall cavities, extensive dropped ceilings, and, in regions where solid construction such as brick or concrete prevails, furred-out walls are routinely employed to hide these systems. This approach has become so normalized that it often forms the starting assumption for spatial planning, inherently constraining imagination and reducing the range of spatial possibilities. The priority shifts towards covering-up, rather than exploring how these systems might coexist visibly within a design language.

The Second Studio Podcast: Interview with Greg Faulkner

The Second Studio Podcast — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 03:30:00 +0000

The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions.

Gear Up For Asean’s Leading Architectural Event

Rene Submissions — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:35:00 +0000

The International Architecture, Interior Design & Building Exhibition (ARCHIDEX) — Southeast Asia’s premier annual architecture, interior design, and building industry event is back for its 18th year.

Architects and Structural Engineers: Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Cody Tharpe — Sun, 18 Jun 2017 09:30:00 +0000

Charles Thornton, one of the world’s preeminent structural engineers, once said that the greatest challenge facing the profession of structural engineering is that “I don’t think we have enough self-esteem and enough confidence in ourselves to believe that what we do is so important... Architects are trained to present, to communicate, to sell, to promote themselves, to promote their industry, and to take credit for what they do.”

Call for Submissions: Contest for Art Residency Grants in Earth Architecture, Ceramics and Sound Sculpture

Rene Submissions — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:29:00 +0000

CONTEST FOR ART RESIDENCY GRANTS IN OFICINAS DO CONVENTO

PRESENTATION

Applications are open for the Art Residency Grants in Oficinas do Convento - Cultural Association for Art and Communication (OC) in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal. We have launched three vacancies for Art Residencies to take place between September and December 2016.

This Contest for Grants by OC intends to implement a self-funded programme through the application fees. The application have a 20 euros fee and this amount will be used to create the three Residencies.

Artists from all areas, architects, engineers and designers are invited to submit their proposals for projects to be developed in

Call for Entries: Building the Border Wall?

Rene Submissions — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 04:30:00 +0000

Update #4 (3/17/2016): We have received the following statement from the organizers of this competition, the Third Mind Foundation. Below the updates, you can read the new competition brief. ArchDaily is in no way affiliated with the competition itself or its organizers.

Go Beyond: Design Challenge

Rene Submissions — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:00:00 +0000

The Go Beyond: Design Challenge is unique from usual design competitions because it funds the construction of a working prototype in addition to offering prize money. This is an international design competition organized by the Singapore-based ONG FOUNDATION for architects, engineers, designers and innovators to create new-to-the-world solutions. Every year, about two million shipping containers are no longer used. What if these could be upcycled into sustainable architecture to reduce the total carbon footprint of global development?

Arup Documentary: Traces of Peter Rice

Nicky Rackard — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Peter Rice has been described as both one of the best engineers and architects of the twentieth century. Unhappy with the role that engineers play in designing buildings, Rice dedicated his life to championing brave innovation and poetry through structure in a way that helped bridge the gap between engineering and architecture. His desire to work in tandem with architects, towards a shared vision, made him one of the most in-demand engineers of the twentieth century.